Press Release
“This is an
amendment about restoring fiscal responsibility and efficiency to federal
spending”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar,
D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the
following statement after the House passed his amendment to prevent the
Department of Energy from using funds for a new climate change model development
program. This amendment passed by a bipartisan vote of 226 to 194 and was
attached to the fiscal year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act:
“I am pleased to
see my colleagues in the House join me in my efforts to cut waste, fraud and
abuse and prohibit funds from going towards a new Climate Model Development and
Validation program within the Department of Energy. Congress should not be
appropriating precious taxpayer resources on new programs that compete with the
private sector.
“If funded, this
program would have been yet another new addition to the President’s ever growing
list of global warming programs that have been instituted and funded all over
the federal government in recent years. My amendment is not
about making a statement on climate change or the validity of climate science.
This is an amendment about restoring fiscal responsibility and efficiency to
federal spending as well as preventing duplication.”
Background:
Congressman
Gosar’s amendment is supported by the Council for Citizens Against Government
Waste, the American Conservative Union, Eagle Forum, and the Taxpayers
Protection Alliance.
The non-partisan
Congressional Research Service estimates the Administration has spent almost $77
billion from FY2008 through FY2013 studying and trying to develop global climate
change regulations. ###
